Lao Tzu is a toad

Chapter 335
On the way back, Zhao Jiadi silently recited the two sentences "from ancient times to the present, the people are the most ignorant. The people have the most no shame". After breakfast together, everyone took a walk habitually. Pulling over Qi Shugen secretly asked who else lived in Tianmu Mountain besides us?Qi Shugen doesn't know, so let's talk about a lot, there are rich and powerful people, Tianmu Mountain is actually quite big, but it belongs to the layout of silos, and many of them are old and dead.Zhao Jiadi asked if there was anyone more special?Qi Shugen shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. My dad doesn't like to come to Tianmu Mountain very much. At least I didn't hear him say there is any ulterior mystery. Why, who did you see?"Zhao Jiadi fell silent, and Huang Ying, who couldn't be idle, saw the two whispering, came to interrupt, and asked what were they talking about?In the end, both of them ignored him, Qi Shugen seemed to remember something, intentionally or unintentionally avoided the young woman that Huang Ying said softly, Ma Xiaotiao often mentioned, her family also had a house in Tianmu Mountain, and there was an old man in the family who was a highly respected old antique from Xiling Yinshe, Be careful, don't provoke overwhelming verbal criticism when the time comes.Zhao Jiadi thought for a while, and the one on the top of the mountain was obviously not the elder of the young woman Pei. Although half of that elder's immortal demeanor indeed had poems and books in his stomach, it was not limited to the category of literati. Zhao Jiadi's curiosity I don't have any utilitarian intentions, but in this cool place with breezy breeze, it is really fresh to meet an old man who is out of the dust. When I was a child, I read martial arts books. Which teenager would not dream of following the world even if there is no peerless cheat book to give away? How many words did the foreigner say?The walk was slow, the officials and wives were chatting and laughing, but they met another group of wealthy and idle people who came to Tianmu Mountain to escape the summer heat halfway, Qi Shugen laughed out loud, with a weird look on his face, Zhao Jiadi almost went crazy, who is that woman Pei? ?She walked slowly with an elder, and when she saw officials and wives, she greeted a few acquaintances, and she kept her eyes on Zhao Jiadi when she passed by. A big stone fell in Jiadi's heart, and the phone vibrated in his pocket. When he took it out and looked at it, he knew it was not a good thing. The young woman Pei sent a text message: Xianggong, the enemy's road is narrow, don't miss it when you pass by, do you want to fight eight hundred rounds with your wife?Zhao Jiadi and the big team moved slightly away, and replied: You have to be more serious these days, and now you have to fight in Hangzhou for two or three years, and the future will be long!The young woman Pei replied: The days are so long.Zhao Jiadi smiled knowingly, and Huang Ying, who was walking in front and turned her head to see this scene, frowned, thinking that Zhao Jiadi's smile was very serious, maybe he was peeking at her ass?Huang Ying blushed, Qi Shugen wondered what's wrong?Huang Ying's acting skills were far behind that of the young woman Pei, pretending to be calm and asking who was that sister just now?So juicy, with a unique aura, I wish I could look like that in the future!Qi Shugen snickered in his heart, it would be terrible if you really became the number one beauty in Hangzhou, Pei Luoshen, wouldn't you become that kid Zhao Jiadi's dish?Thinking of this, Qi Shugen was a little worried. The circle in Hangcheng was so big. Once Zhao Jiadi was dragged out by the young woman Pei, even if someone in the higher-ups would die, the young woman Pei’s family had a long history, and her husband’s family had more background. Zhao Jiadi made a fortune in Hangzhou. Most of the hard work must be lost, and this matter must be discussed with Zhao Jiadi, this is the duty of a friend.

At noon, two guests came, and the one who arrived was Li Qinghu, Huang Ying's best friend. The look in Zhao Jiadi's eyes was full of meaning, which made Zhao Jiadi's spine shudder. After the blind date, the truth became clear. This crazy girl must be called Li Zhijin Auntie, it was Li Zhijin who borrowed Li Qinghu's unique car with double license plates to play with. In the future, this little caterpillar covered in thorns is expected to call Zhao Jia's first uncle?The first time Zhao Jia thought of this, he felt melancholy and heartbroken.Sure enough, when I met Zhao Jiadi in private, Li Qinghu said hello to my future uncle, I feel refreshed on happy occasions, the more I see you, the more graceful I am.Zhao Jiadi is not in a good mood and said that the car has been fished from the Huangpu River, but don't expect to jump the Qiantang River with you.Li Qinghu said with a murderous look on her face, how can I do it, my aunt will teach me a lesson, the most terrible thing is for my aunt to train people seriously, I dare not.Zhao Jiadi wasn't afraid that Li Qinghu would lose his nerve, but he was afraid that she would be prudish and didn't know how to deal with it. Han Daode, who was on the back foot of Tianmu Mountain, made a rescue. The first group of relatives were all tall but not low, but Han Gouqi said that he didn't have that ability, at least not for the time being, and he still wanted to run errands with the young master and do some small things. This guy who had not been discharged from the hospital for a long time came to Hangzhou, and Zhao Jiadi scolded him severely on the phone. However, Han Daode was humbly taught, but he was determined to come to Hangzhou. Jiadi shouted to get all the local chronicles of Zhejiang that he could get his hands on. "Ganyu Miscellaneous" and "Dongyuan Collection" were too rare. Jia Di Pi Dian Pi Dian sent it over, and when Zhao Jia Di saw this old man, he couldn't help cursing again, saying that if you don't do a good gold collar, look at your future!Han Daode made himself a confident excuse: "Xu Zhenhong was the driver of Zhao Taizu in the past, and I will be the driver with the eldest young master. It will be the same in the future, right?"

Zhao Jiadi laughed angrily and said: "That's because he was willing to take advantage of it. When he was a driver, he not only served Zhao Sanjin, but also managed all the relationships he could get in touch with in the Zhao family. That's why he got his position today. Let's see You? Besides me, who have you been close to?"

The stooped Han Daode smiled and said, "It's not good to have some skills and do some things."

Zhao Jiadi threw away a cigarette, and seeing that it was pinched to his ear, nine times out of ten he was about to put it away again, he got angry and said, "Smok it now."

Han Daode hesitated for a while, and stood beside the car to smoke with Zhao Jiadi. Zhao Jiadi, who was holding a large handful of materials, asked, "Have you had lunch yet?"

Han Daode immediately said: "I have eaten."

Zhao Jiadi doubted: "Have you really eaten?"

Han Daode nodded and said, "Really!"

Zhao Jiadi couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so he could only say: "Then go in and sit down and drink tea."

Han Daodewei: "Young master, I won't go in, a bunch of officials' wives, I look like this, am I embarrassing to you?"

Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense to me!"

Han Daode said with a bitter face: "I really don't want to go."

Zhao Jiadi had no choice but to shake his head and walk towards the house alone.

Han Daode waited for Zhao Jiadi to go far away before getting into the car, slowly finished smoking the cigarette, and then went down the mountain.

The windy scenery on the top of the mountain is very spectacular, but those are the scenery that only the young master should have.

Han Daode is not greedy for these.

He knows enough.

In the courtyard on the top of the mountain, Zhao Jiadi was dragged by several officials' wives to play Hangzhou mahjong. Zhao Jiadi was a beginner, but his playing was not at all like a novice who just got acquainted with the headshot. The aunts were willing to follow This young man competed with each other. The husband of the aunt sitting on Zhao Jiadi's left hand side was the third in command of the Science and Technology Department, the husband of the aunt on the right hand side was the leader of the Audit Office, and the husband of the aunt with outstanding temperament on the opposite side was the head of the Bureau of Office Affairs. The wives of bureau-level cadres, of course they get money for playing mahjong, but they don’t play very well. If you want a small gamble to enjoy yourself, no matter how bad your luck is, you will lose 3 yuan in one afternoon, which is ten times away from being injured. On the street, Zhao Jiadi played mahjong with his aunts. His skills were average, but he did not lose his hand when playing cards. At the same time, he was not too shrewd and profound. He probably counted money and won evenly. If he won, he would accept it, and if he lost, he would give it. Therefore, the officials and wives appreciate this young man's brand very much. If he deliberately releases water, it will be too inferior. The three present and the two who are not present, such as the two standing behind Zhao Jiadi to read the cards, who has no sharp eyes?Zhao Jiadi is here playing mahjong, Qi Shugen, Huang Ying, Li Qinghu, and several young men and women who accompanied their mothers to Tianmu Mountain to escape the summer heat. In fact, Qi Shugen knows Li Qinghu's details better than Huang Ying. Because of the earthquake, but for Qi Shugen, who has always been ambitious, the reason is that the benign relationship cultivated by the parents can just be maintained as it is for the children. Looking at Zhao Jiadi, who is neither arrogant nor impatient among the aunts pushing over there, I admire him, this buddy is really not afraid to go anywhere.

The aunt who sat across from Zhao Jiadi won and earned a few hundred dollars. She asked with a smile, "Jiadi, how can I go to the Infrastructure Comprehensive Office of the Development and Reform Commission, or change jobs and come to work with your Uncle Chu? Does he eat every day?" Rules, when you go, you just help Auntie keep an eye on it."

Before Zhao Jiadi could open his mouth, the aunt on the left smiled and protested: "The office bureaus are all old fritters who eat people and don't spit out their bones. His grades are good, he is just right, and he will be able to stand out soon, I will tell Lao Song later, if he wants to be a bole, my aunt's family will take care of him!"

Qi Shugen's mother has been standing behind Zhao Jiadi watching this young man play cards. The brand is really good, and there is no fault. It is like cooking. Women still like this kind of child who is capable but not irritating, he is pleasing to the eye, no wonder her husband and son are very optimistic about him.At first, she was skeptical, but after being with Tianmu Mountain for a short time twice, she was really relieved that this young man was more generous than she imagined.So she is currently the wife of the mayor and may be the wife of a certain provincial standing committee member in the future. balance."

The aunts all laughed knowingly together. While playing cards, they asked questions such as whether Jiadi has a girlfriend or whether Jiadi should go to make up lessons for my family. The atmosphere was lively.

After dinner, with Li Qinghu as a company, Huang Ying would not bother Zhao Jiadi and Qi Shugen, and had endless whispers in the boudoir.Qi Shugen took a few glances at the materials that Zhao Jiadi had just obtained. Among them was "Hangzhou City Chronicle"?Qi Shugen smiled and said that you are really ruthless.Zhao Jiadi laughed and said, do you know the difference?Qi Shugen pulled up a chair and sat beside Zhao Jiadi. Zhao Jiadi wondered if he was so serious, he wanted to confess?Qi Shugen has no choice but to talk about the business. I solemnly remind you to handle the relationship with God Pei Luo well, otherwise you will lose your reputation. This is very different from the nature of some officials Bao Xiaomi's mistress.Zhao Jiadi picked up a cigarette and knocked on the table, nodded and said, "I know it well."Qi Shugen was worried and asked if there were many?Zhao Jiadi smiled and asked why he lied to you.Qi Shugen sighed and said that I was nervous for you when I saw Pei Luoshen this morning. The eyes of my mother and the aunts and aunts are not so good. It's not a thing to be so worried, it's divided or combined, I dare not say anything, in short, you should pay attention to yourself.Zhao Jiadi hummed.Qi Shugen lay back on the bed, and said sincerely: "You are good at everything, but the relationship between men and women. I don't know if it's jealousy or envy for a single man like me."

Zhao Jiadi joked, "The Development and Reform Commission can't stay, so I'll go to your father's place to play the autumn breeze."

Qi Shugen rolled his eyes and said, "Don't set me off with smoke bombs. It's not that I don't know that you are close to Secretary Li who just set up his own house. My father's temple is small. You, a big Bodhisattva, can look up to you?"

Zhao Jiadi said contemptuously: "Your father is still a child? You are the second generation of officials!"

Qi Shugen shot back: "Get out! You rich second generation has no right to speak of me!"

Zhao Jiadi said with a sinister smile: "Then we're a good match, a good brother with a round buttocks, come tonight?"

Qi Shugen scolded, and wanted to take a bath, but didn't dare to.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Jiadi went to the top of the quiet mountain at the same time, Beijing opera, boxing, and sunrise. The old man still sat quietly on the spot with a cane. When Zhao Jiadi approached, the half-god-like old man smiled and said: "Zhao Jiadi, have you graduated from university?"

Zhao Jiadi nodded and said, "I just graduated and was admitted to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission."

The old man said slowly: "It's not easy to enter the provincial government as soon as you graduate."

Zhao Jiadi scratched his head and smiled.

Seeing him stiff, the old man beckoned him to sit beside him. The old and the young watched the rising sun together. When the old man asked Zhao Jia the first answers, they were all ordinary questions in the market, such as vegetable prices, houses, road conditions, and Zhao Jia’s first answer. He also answered quite well, saying what he said, and not pretending to be advanced if he didn't understand. Then the old man seemed to hear Zhao Jiadi talking about a grandfather who liked to talk about Fengshui yesterday, so he asked some questions specifically, and Zhao Jiadi told him about his childhood. I have roughly said that boxing practice also started at that time, trying to keep fit. Speaking of grandpa, I can’t get around some of the ups and downs of that year. I haven't seen the personnel affairs before, so I can naturally come up with many things that Zhao Jiadi can't imagine. He said softly to Zhao Jiadi, you have a good grandpa and a good grandma.Zhao Jiadi said sadly that he left early.The old man stood up, looked into the distance, and said with mixed feelings: "Every time I go to Chongyang Qingming, I can't help but think of someone, especially Qingming, the world between the sun and the underworld, the living and the dead, and I dare not forget when we look at each other."

Zhao Jiadi bit his lip and said nothing.

The old man turned his head to look at the expression of the young man, and looked at the vision of Hangzhou again, which seemed to be farther away, and said with a smile: "Zhao Jiadi, is it your own idea or your family's idea that you entered the Development and Reform Commission?"

Zhao Jiadi said honestly, "My own."

The old man narrowed his eyes, his eyes were no longer just kind and kind, he turned around and asked: "Then can you tell me why? Or what are you planning? A golden rice bowl and an iron rice bowl? Then I, an old man, want to tell you that in a few years, this rice bowl But it’s not as solid anymore.”

Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, "I can definitely support myself by earning money. I don't want the privileges of civil servants, I just want to be a good official."

The old man smiled, "Isn't it an upright official?"

Zhao Jiadi shook his head sincerely.

The old man didn't ask any more questions, and suddenly said: "Back then, we worked so hard to fight the world, and when we were defeated, many generals were replaced by wives who were in their teens or even dozens of years. You want to say that they are not good officials? No. What do you think they were planning at first? Money? It's too unrealistic now, why? Because the old platoon elders and even the elder battalion commanders are dead. In those days, it was good to fill their stomachs. Who would have thought that they could live to the end, and even get a general or a high-ranking official? After several generations, there are many problems. I have been thinking about what we and the younger generations are lacking in these years. Unfortunately, I didn’t think of anything that could convince me. I didn’t even dare to ask someone to write memoirs. The editors of the younger generation use this to tell me about things every day, and I, an old man who has lived for almost 100 years, can't see through those shady little thoughts? I just don't want to talk about them."

Zhao Jiadi was stunned and didn't know how to speak.

The old man smiled slowly: "Zhao Jiadi, your family background should not be bad, why are you working so hard?"

Zhao Jiadi was a little embarrassed and said: "When I was young, I was angry with my father. He was angry with my grandfather. He wanted to prove that men can be successful without studying. At that time, I wanted to prove that men can be successful if they study."

The old man smiled heartily: "Now it seems that you and your grandfather won, or your father won?"

Zhao Jiadi said shyly, "For the time being, my dad will win."

The old man seemed to find it interesting, he was in high spirits, paused for a moment, and said something unknown in his heart: "This trip to Hangzhou is a flashback. For an old man like me who has to go into the coffin with two feet, one foot will go into the front." , I am not afraid of anyone, but those doctors who frighten people with their health, so no one has bothered me recently. It is good to be able to talk to you. Although we have been separated by several generations, we are still very happy Those who have a common topic, Zhao Jiadi, let me ask you one last time, being a good official is more difficult than being a clean official, can you really stick to it? Ten years, 20 years, or until you retire?"

Zhao Jiadi said calmly, "I don't want to be a high-ranking official. I just want to do some practical things. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I just want to let the children in poor places study more and the old people in poor places can sleep well without resentment. It used to be This simple idea, I heard your statement yesterday that the common people are the most worthy, and I feel that I have more reason now."

The old man was noncommittal about this, but commented lightly: "A bit idealistic, but rare."

Zhao Jiadi remained silent.

The old man leaned on a cane with both hands, and said with a smile: "Zhao Jiadi, accompany me to see the scenery on the top of the mountain."

Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)